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Position:Home>Books & Authors> I going to buy books to read over the summer in sleepaway camp and..?Question: I going to buy books to read over the summer in sleepaway camp and!.!.!? im 15 years old and i like books that are good
meaning, they teach you a lesson or the ending is just awesome or a book that made you cry i like hard subjects too (drugs, depression) i know it sounds strange but it kind of makes me feel better about my own life :) so if you have any suggestions, or your favorite books try to convince me thanks a lotWww@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Ellen Hopkins' books The 5 People You Meet in Heaven For One More DayWww@QuestionHome@Com Tuesdays With Morrie fits all of your criteria!. It's sweet, light, tear-inducing, and heavy at the same time!. I don't want to spoil the plot, but if you're not crying by the end of the story, you have no pulse!. Where the Red Fern Grows is a really heart-wrenching story, also!. I read it in 3rd grade, 5th grade, and 8th grade and enjoyed it each time I read it!. A book I absolutely loved was Pay It Forward!. It was poignant, realistic, and, at times, funny!. Some other random suggestions: The Kite Runner Animal Farm To Kill A Mockingbird The Giver Flowers for Algernon Secret Life of Bees To Kill a Mockingbird A Wrinkle in Time Stargirl Love, Stargirl A Tree Grows in BrooklynWww@QuestionHome@Com If you are going to bring just one I strongly suggest East by Edith Patou!. She is a great author!. If you want a more sobering series, try the Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce!. It's amazing!. It has the word "vampyre" on it, but trust me when I say it is about as far from Twilight as can be! (well, mostly!. The girl loves him but he's evil and doesn't love her and she's supposed to kill him, but I'm not telling any more 'cause I don't want to ruin it for you!.) You might also like: - a Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet far thing by Libba Bray - the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud - The Luxe and Rumors by Anna Godbersen - Tithe by Holly Black I know I do! Oh, and James Patterson is pretty good, very fast-paced and dramatic, what I would pick for you, actually!. And Tamora Pierce's newer books are really good too!.Www@QuestionHome@Com im trying to think what i liked at fifteen!? you could try THE OUTSIDERS- my memorys a bit foggy but if i remember correctly its a comming of age story a boy tyes to become a young man dispite the obsticles in his life( I included a link) another good one is too young to die omg talk about a tear jerker it made me ball ok well i did some checking and the book i was talking about was of two highschool sweethearts and the boyfriend end up with lukimia but i cant seem to find it so i probaly have the name wrong but i did come accross another series that look powerfull and heart stiring the too young to die series i hope you find wonderful books this summer edit another really good book is night by elie wiesel you have me racking my brain for my favoritebooks from when i was younger :)Www@QuestionHome@Com The Bloody Jack Series, by L!.A!. Meyer!. Bloody Jack is really a girl!. Orphaned in London at the end of the 1700's, she lives with a street gang, then disguises herself as a boy and is hired onto a British Naval ship!. Great adventure, great characters, humor, suspense, great FUN!. Bloody Jack, L!.A!. Meyer The Curse of the Blue Tattoo Under the Jolly Roger In the Belly of the Bloodhound Mississippi Jack also, try: Beyond the Western Sea, Avi Does My Head Look Big in This!?; Abdel Of Sound Mind, Jean Ferris Things Not Seen, Andrew Clements!.Www@QuestionHome@Com "The No!. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" by Alexander McCall Smith!. Part of a series!. It is delightful!. It takes place in Botswana and I learned a lot about its geography reading his descriptions!. The star is a woman whose ordinary life is filled with adventures!. The thinking in it for me was that other peoples everyday lives are curiously interesting!.Www@QuestionHome@Com one of the best books i'd ever read was "the resurrection" by tolstoy!. a very good, overlooked book, and a great introduction to one of the best writers ever!! or if you like the woods try "walden" by thoreau and for depression!?!.!.!.!.!.!.!.the bell jar -sylvia plathWww@QuestionHome@Com "Just Listen" by Sarah Dessen is amazing :) It's about learning to love yourself, learning to be honest with yourself and learning how to open up your heart!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Prom Season by Elizabeth Craft!. It's about three girls trying to fit in and learning to except themselves!.Www@QuestionHome@Com "Life of Pi" by Yann MartelWww@QuestionHome@Com Try some of John Steinbecks' work, his topics are never 'easy'!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |